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Robin James
120 books108 followersRobin James, gifted illustrator of the bestselling
Serendipity
books, was born into a family of artists. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Robin has loved art and animals all her life and has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. Through the years, she has done a wide variety of artwork from animal portraits to wildlife paintings and is perhaps most recognised for her children’s book illustrations which she began in 1973. She has illustrated over 75 children’s books, and is published worldwide.
At home on MorningStar Ranch & Gallery in picturesque Snohomish, Washington, one quickly spots Robin’s enormous love of animals and nature that is so evident in her illustrations. Not surprisingly, she and her husband, Randy, live with a happy menagerie of animals - all of whom have inspired her illustrations including Allie and Puppy, both rescued greyhounds, two cats, four horses and a flock of pet chickens!
At home on MorningStar Ranch & Gallery in picturesque Snohomish, Washington, one quickly spots Robin’s enormous love of animals and nature that is so evident in her illustrations. Not surprisingly, she and her husband, Randy, live with a happy menagerie of animals - all of whom have inspired her illustrations including Allie and Puppy, both rescued greyhounds, two cats, four horses and a flock of pet chickens!
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October 25, 2025
This was one of a series of three baby board books that Robin James did for Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers back in the 1980s. James was best known as the illustrator of the long-running popular kid's series Serendipity. She often did overly cute animals for that series, but her cats and horses usually tended to be on the more realistic side.
Fortunately, she continues that trend here, in this wordless book of eight images (including front and back cover). There is one kitten who has a human-like paw to the mouth, as if embarrassed (or pretending to be embarrassed.) Otherwise, this is a great little portfolio of work of cat art by James.
Kittens included the cover tabby, an embarrassed smoke tortiseshell, what might be a white Angora, a Siamese confused by a mouse, a Himalayan in a basket, a ginger and white tabby looking at a butterfly, a black, and a calico resting on the head of a sleeping Irish setter on the back cover.
The world lost a unique artist when Robin James died, but at least her art goes on. She once stated (I forget where) that she hoped that her art would help people treat animals better, and readers of this board book might find the kittens portrayed here as intelligent, feeling beings rather than mere balls of fluff to discard when they grow out of the cute stage.
Fortunately, she continues that trend here, in this wordless book of eight images (including front and back cover). There is one kitten who has a human-like paw to the mouth, as if embarrassed (or pretending to be embarrassed.) Otherwise, this is a great little portfolio of work of cat art by James.
Kittens included the cover tabby, an embarrassed smoke tortiseshell, what might be a white Angora, a Siamese confused by a mouse, a Himalayan in a basket, a ginger and white tabby looking at a butterfly, a black, and a calico resting on the head of a sleeping Irish setter on the back cover.
The world lost a unique artist when Robin James died, but at least her art goes on. She once stated (I forget where) that she hoped that her art would help people treat animals better, and readers of this board book might find the kittens portrayed here as intelligent, feeling beings rather than mere balls of fluff to discard when they grow out of the cute stage.
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